Humans have been practicing various forms of biotechnology since early domestication, 7,000-10,000 years ago (Macnaghten, 2004). Biotechnology is an umbrella term for many scientific applications to biology, the oldest being selective breeding (Macnaghten, 2004). In the last few decades, however, the field of biotechnology has gravitated towards genetic engineering, gene...
Camelids are known for frequent occurrence of general ill-thrift. In other species, neutrophil dysfunction has been identified as a cause of ill-thrift, and linked to chronic fungal and bacterial infections. However, no reference values exist for neutrophil function testing in camelids, which inhibits accurate evaluation of neutrophil deficiency in this...